From: "Stasi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Peoples War] Argentina: Demonstration Turns Into Violence - Xinhua Demonstration Turns Into Violence in Argentina ================================ Xinhuanet 2002-01-26 16:16:48 BUENOS AIRES, January 26 (Xinhuanet) -- At least nine police officers and three other people were injured early Saturday when a peaceful demonstration in Argentina turned into violence after riot police fired tear gas and rubber bullets. Thousands of demonstrators gathered in major streets in several Argentine cities on Friday night in protest against a banking freeze introduced by President Eduardo Duhalde's three-week-long caretaker government. The Argentine government introduced the austerity measures in a bid to help the country out of its four-year-long economic recession, which has resulted in major unpopularity as people have limited access to their savings. Organizers called for a peaceful demonstration, an unusual and noisy one in which pots and pans were banged. But the demonstration ended up in a clash between the protesters and the police amid heavy rains one hour later. Demonstrators threw paving stones at the police on motorcycles and with tear gas rifles in hand. Enditem _________________________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. Box 66 00841 Helsinki Phone +358-40-7177941 Fax +358-9-7591081 http://www.kominf.pp.fi General class struggle news: [EMAIL PROTECTED] subscribe mails to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Geopolitical news: [EMAIL PROTECTED] subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] __________________________________________________
